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Irish Fest has new location in Kalamazoo

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… Irish Fest has new location in Kalamazoo Submitted by Deanne Puca on Irish Fest will be held at the Old Dog Tavern this year. … new location, Old Dog Tavern, 402 E. Kalamazoo Ave., in downtown Kalamazoo. The festival will kick off at 4 p.m. Friday …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/06/32633

Longtime education professor named new dean of honors college

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… of honors college Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Bischof KALAMAZOO, Mich.— Dr. Gary H. Bischof , professor and chair of the Department of Family and … and family therapy journals. He has been the advisor and doctoral committee chair for 11 successful doctoral candidates …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/12/36729

Trustees approve retirements of four faculty, five staff members

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… the department affiliations of numerous faculty members to make them consistent with revised names they approved for several academic departments. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/02/13701

WMU football coach P.J. Fleck named regional coach of the year

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… the Year by the American Football Coaches Association, and is now a finalist for AFCA National Coach of the Year. Fleck has guided the WMU football team to its first New Year's Six bowl—the Goodyear Cotton …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/12/36807

Two University musical ensembles join forces for upcoming concert

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… new music ensemble, conducted by School of Music director David Colson , and KLOrk, the Kalamazoo Laptop Orchestra … Recital Hall. The performance will be preceded by a 7 p.m. discussion hosted by Dr. Dan Jacobson , WMU professor of … or (800) 228-9858. Birds on a Wire will premiere "Aggravated Avians" by faculty composer John C. Griffin , …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/11/2940

Award-winning professor, performing arts design expert dies at 60

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… courses.  He served the Department of Theatre as director of design and technical production. He also served for … design, lighting and audio editing. A major focus of his teaching over the past two decades was to prepare his students to use such technology in their professional …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/02/13843

Luminary playwright takes stage in Frostic Reading Series

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… Project and resident playwright of Chicago Dramatists, will read from his works at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 2 , in 157-159 Bernhard Center. The reading is free and open to the public. Edmund Edmund earned his bachelor's degree in …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/10/43525

Dance emerita honored for advocacy

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… honored for advocacy Submitted by Deanne Puca on Cornish KALAMAZOO, Mich.— Wendy Cornish , an advocate and champion of dance for more than 50 … originally housed in the department of physical education to an independent program within the College of Fine Arts, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/02/45267

Geoffrey A. Smith obituary

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… A. Smith Geoffrey A. Smith , a former dean of the Division of Continuing Education at Western Michigan … as associate dean of continuing education and was promoted to dean in 1988. The unit is now named Extended University Programs. Smith retired in …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/04/46238

WMU named 'Best for Vets' for fifth consecutive year

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… EDGE magazine has placed WMU on its 2015 "Best for Vets" list of colleges and universities. With a ranking of No. 75 … five spots from last year, WMU is the only Michigan school to have appeared on all five years of the publication's … two partners--Kalamazoo Valley Community College and Kellogg Community College. This was the first VetSuccess program …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/11/20247